Very well structured work environment. Mostly great staff that work well together. Fast paced and high stress at times, but everyone seems to work well under pressure. Salary was great and the times were flexible.

A typical day consist of waking up for dinner have a bite to eat then heading out for a 12 hour night shift. when at work there is many things my night could consist of from rigging in miles of steel pipe to taking high pressure samples. I also on certain jobs look after the green hands and make sure that they are doing there tasks in a safe manner. I as a senior operator am also responsible for them and any equipment that we use during a work day and am suppose to inform the supervisor if there is any sort of problems.

Well tester/Operator/supervisor (Former Employee) – Alberta and some BC – 31 October 2015

If you like to to be tested and pushed to your limits this is for you, great group of guys here and couldn't ask for a better management!!They are there all hours of the day/night and are willing to help you in any situation even personal ones.

Hardest part of the job other then the rig in and out part would be being away from your family and not having a set rotation. you will miss 90% of family gatherings, birthdays, holidays,friends getting together.

Best part of the job would be the money and freedom you will get on your short days off if your smart with your money give it a couple years and you can almost have everything you dreamed of. begin in the bush and seeing the wildlife is another awesome side to this job if you are a hunter you get to find some really good spots.

if all you want is a good paycheck and don't care about having a social life, then FMC Technologies is a good fit for you. The management team is full of people that got to their positions by who they know, not what they know. So expect to have a higher intelligence and better understanding of how to properly run a station.Have Fun!

The service technician position is a challenging job in a dangerous environment. FMC has a strong safety oriented culture and they do everything possible to keep their employees safe. I enjoyed solving the difficulties presented on each job site and felt a great deal of personal satisfaction when the job was done.

Safe and serious work place dealing with oxidizable material. Very number driven operation trying to be as efficient as possible. Dealing with management very closely everyday to produce the most pure and as much peroxide daily.

Working on SAP was fun, and every day was new challenge with the down tuen of oil prices , new avenues were looked upon to save cost, new MIS were being developed to look in the efficiencies of the company , the bases.

Cooperation and coordination among the colleagues was teh biggest strenght in our team.

Enjoying the results of MIS reports new initiatives when successed was quite enjoyable time.

Operating in the Frac Flow Back division is a healthy blend of physical and mental tasks. Setting up and tearing down the equipment is physically demanding while the operation of the testing equipment is mentally challenging. Troubleshooting problems and recognizing the effects/physics of flowing gas/oil wells through testing equipment can keep one on one's toes. All traing is on the job and all essential skills and knowledge is learned while performing duties day to day. Both teamwork and unsupervised work are expected depending on the size of the crew ranging from 2 man to 10+ man crews with day and nightshifts.

Pros

Good people, decent pay, lots of hours.

Cons

Long tours of duty, can be in camp/far from home, isolated work areas.